Marie B.

“Step inside my cabin and hang your coat by
the door.
You smell of snowfall and hemlock boughs.
I just fed the stove and the logs are
whispering like radio static.
Soon, that white lace on your boots will
pool on the floorboards,
making them shine like polished stone.
Rest here as long as you like.
It's not trouble that our meeting place is
imaginary.
Many worthwhile things are.”
― Jarod K. Anderson, The Haunted Forest Trilogy

“Feeling deeply is dangerous.
Doing anything else is tragic.”
― Jarod K. Anderson, The Haunted Forest Trilogy

“When I fell to earth
I knew the way—through the soot, into the leaves,
It still took years. Upon landing, the ground
embraced me sadly, with the gentleness
of someone delivering tragic news to a child.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Calling a Wolf a Wolf

“We need the poetic lens because
quantifying
the physical properties of iron isn't quite
the same
as weighing the significance of how the
iron in our blood
connects us to the planet beneath our feet,
to the heat of ancient stars.”
― Jarod K. Anderson, The Haunted Forest Trilogy